Bee farmers in China's Hubei

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2018 shows a honey lump to be cut at a bee breeding base in Lanmashan Village of Dahe Town in Laifeng County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hubei Province. Yao Jun, 31, is a bee farmer in Enshi. He established a bee breeding cooperative in 2008 and succeeded in large scale breeding of honey bees. The cooperative now has over 120 households of bee farmers and over 20,000 beehives. Yao also established a training school to popularize his techniques, helping more villagers get rid of poverty through bee breeding. [Photo: Xinhua]